removing the following, fixed the problem. I am using f:convertNumber on many other pages, it seems to only occur on the page that contains the xhtml i in my previous email.
<f:convertNumber groupingUsed="false" integerOnly="true" type="number"/> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Howard W. Smith, Jr. < smithh032...@gmail.com> wrote: > xhtml (please note the f:convertNumber) below: > > <p:inputText id="totalMilesInOtherStates" size="10" > styleClass="number_alignright" > disabled="#{pf_rollingStockController.view}" > > value="#{pf_rollingStockController.selected.totalMilesInOtherStates}"> > <f:convertNumber groupingUsed="false" integerOnly="true" > type="number"/> > </p:inputText> >